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The Asian PostSat, 14 Sep 2019 10:44:27 +0000en-GBhourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.11Disney axes Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn over offensive tweetshttp://theasianpost.co.uk/disney-axes-guardians-of-the-galaxy-director-james-gunn-over-offensive-tweets/
http://theasianpost.co.uk/disney-axes-guardians-of-the-galaxy-director-james-gunn-over-offensive-tweets/#respondSat, 21 Jul 2018 17:14:16 +0000http://theasianpost.co.uk/?p=34728AFP HOLLYWOOD: Guardians of the Galaxy franchise director James Gunn has been axed from the third movie over a series of offensive messages posted on Twitter several years ago. The tweets, mainly from 2008 and 2011, joked about taboo topics such as rape and pedophilia. Disney, which owns the franchise as the parent company of ...

HOLLYWOOD: Guardians of the Galaxy franchise director James Gunn has been axed from the third movie over a series of offensive messages posted on Twitter several years ago.

The tweets, mainly from 2008 and 2011, joked about taboo topics such as rape and pedophilia.

Disney, which owns the franchise as the parent company of Marvel Studios, sent AFP a statement confirming the studio was parting ways with one of its biggest stars.

“The offensive attitudes and statements discovered on James’ Twitter feed are indefensible and inconsistent with our studio’s values, and we have severed our business relationship with him,” said Alan Horn, chairman of Walt Disney Studios.

Gunn has been an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump and has drawn the ire of conservative critics, who went back through his timeline and dug up the tweets.

Jack Posobiec of The Daily Caller and right-wing commentator Mike Cernovich are among those who unearthed the messages.

“Many people who have followed my career know when I started, I viewed myself as a provocateur, making movies and telling jokes that were outrageous and taboo,” Gunn wrote on Twitter after the offensive tweets resurfaced late Thursday.

“As I have discussed publicly many times, as I’ve developed as a person, so has my work and my humor.”